---
type: "Bill"
title: "establishing September as New Hampshire recovery month."
description: "establishing September as New Hampshire recovery month."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 513"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 513 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David H Watters"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fae7411a-2cdf-4285-b72d-f200e7de5401"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2782&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "8d9f082f1006f71846f14a19f64673ef88ab20152009a66fcd9468e00c5ac4bc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire SB 513 (2018) — establishing September as New Hampshire recovery month.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2018-1940e** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1940e&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1798&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David H Watters — primary (person)
- Amanda Bouldin — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Sanborn — cosponsor (person)
- Bette R Lasky — cosponsor (person)
- Bob J. Giuda — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Feltes — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- James P. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Kahn — cosponsor (person)
- Jeb Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Woodburn — cosponsor (person)
- John Reagan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. Avard — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Cavanaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Martha Fuller Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Martha S. Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick T. Long — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Birdsell — cosponsor (person)
- Ruth Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- William Gannon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-20** To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Public and Municipal Affairs; SJ 1 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Hearing: 01/31/2018, Room 102, LOB, 09:00 am; SC 3
- **2018-02-02** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/15/2018; SC 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Sen. Bradley Moved Reconsideration on the vote of Ought to Pass, MA, VV; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass: RC 24Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/15/2018; SJ 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 7 P. 52 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 04/05/2018 10:30 AM LOB 306
- **2018-03-27** ==RESCHEDULED== Public Hearing: 04/10/2018 01:15 PM LOB 306
- **2018-04-25** Executive Session: 04/24/2018 LOB 306
- **2018-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 18-1; RC) HC 17 P. 17 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/02/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-22** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1940e: AA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-23** Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2018-1940e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 05/10/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-06-29** Signed by the Governor on 06/25/2018; Chapter 0328; Effective 06/25/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fae7411a-2cdf-4285-b72d-f200e7de5401`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).